Titan Tractor Trailer Hitch Gooseneck Receiver 3 Point Hay Attachment

powerscol · Mar 3, 2015

Anyone have one of these and how well is it built?
Tractor Trailer Hitch Gooseneck Receiver 3 Point Hay Attachment

My intent is to use the tractor to haul my 23' PJ GN trailer around as I go pick up hay. Roads are flat and I will go slow. With hay grapple on the front of the tractor I can go to the field, grab and load the bales, then pick up the trailer and move on. Trailer would be parked on the subdivision road for ease of movement during the loading.

Titian has the best price on these.

pappy60 · Mar 3, 2015

My understanding is they should not be used with loaded trailers... mostly used to jockey empty trailers...
A 3 pt hitch will rise up unless you fasten it down in some way...
Would cause havoc if front of trailer lifted up while moving or if you put too much weight on hitch...

ncrebel8 · Mar 3, 2015

I have one, its a pretty good well made piece. I have used it to move laded trailers around in the field and here in the yard. never pulled any on the road. Never had any issues with it. Great price for a well made product. I got the spears with mine so it serves 2 purposes.

powerscol · Mar 3, 2015

Thanks - the roads are gravel in the subdivision - no main roads. As for loading it would only be 20 to 30 bales at a time and would load to keep weight off of tractor. Its sole use would be to get to a lot, drop it, put the small amount of hay on, and get back to my barn, then stack. Not more than a mile in any direction.

I'll haft to check on the spear one - might come in handy someday.

RedNeckRacin · Mar 4, 2015

Are you using the tractor in your signature???

Deere Dude · Mar 4, 2015

I bought one to jockey my 28' PJ GN when we were moving from Wisc. to TN. It worked quite well if a small couple thousand pound load was mostly on the wheels of the trailer. Obviously the farther to the front you go to the front of the trailer the quicker you will overload the 3PT.

If it were me I would go for it. You will find out fairly quick how far forward you can load. Those hitches are fairly cheap and yet sturdy.

boatpilot1 · Mar 4, 2015

I bought one and have used it to jockey my gooseneck trailer. I have seen heavier ones for about $100 more. Am satisfied with mine. As long as you kept most of the load over your axles on the trailer I think would work. What size of bales?

powerscol · Mar 4, 2015

RedNeckRacin said:
Are you using the tractor in your signature???

Yes - the one in my signature.

powerscol · Mar 4, 2015

boatpilot1 said:
I bought one and have used it to jockey my gooseneck trailer. I have seen heavier ones for about $100 more. Am satisfied with mine. As long as you kept most of the load over your axles on the trailer I think would work. What size of bales?

Standard square bales in the 55 to 65 lb range

Tractor has a 3pt lift capacity of 1100lbs@24" beyond lift point, which is 24" beyond where the lift arms are tied to the lower links, correct? As the adapter goes at that point I should have a lift capacity or 1030 lbs roughly accounting for the weight of the unit.

My tow capacity is 3,300 lbs. I should be fine if I stay under 50 bales.

powerscol · Mar 4, 2015

Well folks - scratch the idea of using this. 3point will hot handle the 1230lb dry tong weight of trailer. (trailer is heavier than I thought per the PJ factory)

I need to get a quick attach loader one for the front to move the trailer around the barn, and use the truck to drive around to pick up. Should work OK that way too.

Thanks for the input.